Opinion

Learning To Rise Again

Sunday, April 27, 2025
Life is a journey filled with ups and downs. We have all faced setbacks and failures at some points in our lives. It could be a personal issue, a professional problem or even health difficulties. These experiences can leave us feeling defeated and sometimes even lose hope. However, it is in those mo ...

Between Danjuma, Namadi And The Gospel Of Self-defence

Sunday, April 27, 2025
In a t ecirc;te- agrave;-t ecirc;te with journalists last week, the Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, openly disagreed with retired General Theophilus Danjuma, former Chief of Army Staff and former Minister of Defence, over his advice to us Nigerians, to defend ourselves against those wh ...

What Qatar Cannot Do—Exists

Sunday, April 27, 2025
Let me start by saying I am not shallow hellip; The easiest and most attractive national pastime is buck-passing, especially with the bunch of leaders that we have, who can hardly peel a banana or wash an already white handkerchief. Not many of us want to take responsibility for anything, from pers ...

Omo-Agege, Nwoko's Failure To Stop Oborevwori, Okowa's Defection To APC

Sunday, April 27, 2025
The handwriting was boldly displayed on the wall many months before Wednesday, April 23, 2025, when Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, his predecessor in office and vice presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, ...

Three ways Pope Francis influenced the global climate movement

Sunday, April 27, 2025
The death of Pope Francis has been announced by the Vatican. I first met the late Pope Francis at the Vatican after a conference called Saving Our Common Home and the Future of Life on Earth in July 2018. My colleagues and I sensed something momentous was happening at the heart of the church. At ...

Trump Can’t Decide Who To Blame For A Failing Peace Deal That Would Only Lead To

Sunday, April 27, 2025
After a second consecutive night of deadly Russian air attacks ndash; against the capital Kyiv on April 23 and the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad on April 24 ndash; a ceasefire in Ukraine seems as unrealistic as ever. With Russian commitment to a deal clearly lacking, the situation is not ...

Who Will The Next Pope Be? Here Are Some Top Contenders

Saturday, April 26, 2025
The death of Pope Francis this week marks the end of a historic papacy and the beginning of a significant transition for the Catholic Church. As the faithful around the world mourn his passing, attention now turns to the next phase: the election of a new pope. This election will take place throug ...

The UK’s Social Security System Falls Way Below International Human Rights Stand

Saturday, April 26, 2025
The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK rsquo;s system ndash; even before the disability benefits cuts announced earlier this year ndash; falls way below these standards. For a new report published today, Amnesty International as ...

Nigeria’s Bad Roads Are Taking A Toll On Our Economy 

Friday, April 25, 2025
Drive anywhere in Nigeria, and it won 39;t take you long to find evidence of a broken system: cracked highways, cratered city streets, and rural roads that are somehow impassable. For decades, the conversation around bad roads has centered on inconvenience and traffic. But there rsquo;s a deeper an ...

If Bugage’s Claims That APC Is Monetizing Defection Is True, Then Nigeria’s Demo

Friday, April 25, 2025
It is no more news that in a scathing revelation that raises serious concerns about the future of Nigeria rsquo;s democracy that former presidential adviser and ex-lawmaker Dr. Usman Bugaje has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of using financial inducements to lure key figures from ...
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